Turbidity (noun)
tur-bid-it-ee
the state or quality of being clouded or opaque, usually because of suspended matter or stirred-up sediment.
Turbidity comes from Medieval Latin turbiditās, which is based on Latin turbidus, meaning “confused, troubled, murky.”
Example sentences
“The turbidity of the water showed how the boats had come through the port..”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
